Masks in the interior: African and Venetian, antique and modern - all of them can be found decent application
If in a conversation about masks, it is permissible to use the word "fashion", you can safely say: it is on the mask. The image once inspired trepid, now turned into a decor element.
Furious primitivism
Ken Haydenimistic and unusual plastic African masks attracted the attention of Europeans at the beginning of the HC. Prophests of traditional art then appreciated the complex decor, and an unusual form. Today in African countries, particularly popular masks are repeatedly replicated, and they become simply ethnic souvenirs. Their manufacturers consciously emphasize and exaggerate certain features that attract Europeans. These crafts resemble creative copies of original masks, originally portrayed the faces of the deities and heroes. Some of these wooden products are less than 1500 rubles., But real masks are an order of magnitude more expensive.
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Architect V.Sysoev Photo E.Lichina | 
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1. The heavy mask of polished black tree is more reliable to deliver.
2. The painful front of the mask is very expressive. The geometric ornament symbolizes the duality of the world, the confrontation of good and evil, ignorance and knowledge.
3. Online on painted African masks are always symbolic.
4. MAKA Due to the absence of secondary parts, it looks very concise.
5.Mask, tinted under the ebony, can be distinguished from the product from a real eben by weight. Price, 2 thousand rubles. ("White clouds").
6.Form elongated oval, a wide nose in the form of a rectangle and a special position of the mouth (according to our concepts, at the tip of the chin) - signs of the African mask. The characteristic face of the fadies of the front part is associated with the specifics of the treatment of a tree.
7. Exchangefully created mask comes to life in a specific environment. Additional effects in the form of illumination enhance it impressed it.
8. Mask in a gilded frame is one of the ways of its existence in a modern living room.
9. Mask on the stand fits into any interior if free space is left around it.
In the whirlwind of Karnavala
Among Venetian masks, antiques need to distinguish between antiques, modern artistic products and souvenirs. All this can be found decent application. Handmade copies - shaped, inherent in the author's understanding of the era. There is an established mask output industry available to all. There are those who are on the order: prices for similar masterpieces are affected by the imagination no less than their appearance. Interior decorative masks make ceramics and porcelain, leather and papier-mache (the most affordable material). For decorations in the course there are feathers, beads, tiny bells, brocolate and silk. The surface is painted with acrylic paints, are separated by gold and silver foil. Often, the masks are covered with a layer of special enamel so that they resemble antiques.
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10. Function of the mask as an intermediary between people goes into the past. Often it is nothing more than a decorative thing among the usual items.
11. Carnival Farfalla half mask ("Butterfly"). Handmade. Paper-Masha, hand-painted, SWAROVSKI rhinestones, butterfly decor from openwork brass with cabochon and sparkles. Price - 2900 rub. ("Accents").
12. Harlequin Mask from the Italian Comedy del Arte (a special kind of street theatrical presentation).
13. Special and carnival mask "Cat from the forge of miracles." It can be hung on the wall using a ring on the back side, as well as wearing (for this there are strings). Paper-Masha, hand painted with gold, openwork metal, SWAROVSKI rhinestones. Price - 5600 rub. ("Accents").
14.Grotescal mask of Dr. Plague with a spoonful nose form. In addition during the epidemic of the plague of doctors, visiting the patients, put on a mask with a long bird beak and to avoid infection, the aromatic oils dripped into it.
15. The exquisite mask is decorated with gold and silver dust (sparkles remain on face and clothes as a memories of a fairy tale).
16.Teatral masks can be safely used as fragments of the decor, despite the approval of the experts that the mask without the alleged carrier is nonsense.
17.The case: the mask's eyes are simulated. The eyes are the only thing that "lives" in it.
18-19.Masks in Venetsian style. Paper-Masha, acrylic paints, decorative braid, rhinestones. Price - 1250rub.
20. Carnival mask "Butterfly Macrame". La Fucina dei Miracoli. Paper-Masha, Lace, Decor Cabochons and Rhinestones. Price - 3200 rub. ("Accents").
21. Mask in the interior, in contrast to the carnival tradition, lives in an independent life. A unique decor requires "air" - one should not overload this place with the things of another style.
Under reliable protection
Externally, the aggressive species of the Mask-Novodel should not scare. According to the old beliefs, frightening masks are distilled off from the housing of evil spirits, troubles and different troubles. Most of the antiquity, most of the figures and masks created with good intentions: they expressed wishes of good luck, rich crop and rain, good health, good hunting and birth of offspring.
Winterier masks are better to post compact, highlighting one of the walls of the room for them. They look good in the passing areas, for example, in the hallway. Large masks need to hang it too low (it will take them as visually), but not too high (not under the most ceiling). It is unlikely that you should hang masks on the sunny side, then they will lose the mystery inherent in them.
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22. The vividly popular theater representation of the inhabitants of the island of Bali lie legends about the creation of the universe and man, about the ancient ancestors and heroes. By the way, the mythological perception of reality is reflected in the rapantastic stylized image. Mask (Indonesia). Tree, carving, painting. Price, from 1Tt. Rubles. ("White clouds").
23. Mask in the Indian style is carefully painted and decorated with bundles of dry grass. Paper-Masha, acrylic paints, straw. Author, Andrei Timofeev. Price, 2 thousand rubles.
24. The crops were inherent in faith in the existence of a parallel world of the spiritual forces determining the life of a person. Their console was considered a mask. Wobbling an evil creature used elements of grotesque and parody, hypertrophied features. Mask (Nepal).
25.compositions from masks of different ethnic groups, differing in style, look good in eclectic interiors. Take care of a sufficient distance between them, allowing you to perceive them as entirely and in all parts.
26.Mask as an attribute convention, organic part of the decorative panel. Indonesia. Batik on cotton fabric. Size - 250100cm (Zen Art).
27. If the history of the acquisition of images made according to traditional motifs is unknown, one cannot argue that earlier the mask was indeed used to ritual purposes.
28.Truck and Abris Masks from Central America have a lot in common with traditional sculptural images of men with large noses.
29. Mask is designed to expand a friendly or hostile spirit. A modern hollow form mimics the masks of the Tibetan circle with their traditional convention and is made with a light-up to the tradition. Price, from 600 rub. ("White clouds").
30.Mack-souvenir with the image of the Buddha can hang on the wall as a decoration.
It is advisable to maintain it with several similar objects on the sound or, on the contrary, leave free space around it. Price, from 1Tt. Rubles.
The editors thank salons "Accents", "White Clouds", Zen Art, as well as employees of the State Museum of Art of the Nations of the East for help in the preparation of material.